The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political TheologyPrinceton University Press, 10/05/2016 - 632 páginas Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, “The king is dead. Long live the king.” In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical dilemma posed by the “King’s two bodies”—the body natural and the body politic—back to the Middle Ages. |
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... imperial throne in 1273. He had looked at the Holy Roman Empire under the rule of a hero: what happened when the hero-ruler was gone? How did the world not fall apart? Kantorowicz was not a historian of “hard-nosed” 40 See C. Davis ...
... imperial political terminology and the imperial ceremonial had been adapted to the needs of the Church.82 The religious strand within political theory was certainly strong during the age of the Reformation when the divine right of ...
... .i9if,i94f). For Richard's other claim (mutare et condere leges), the papal and imperial doctrines likewise were responsible; see Gregory VII's to have demanded that “if he looked at anyone, that 98 SHAKESPEARE: KING RICHARD II.
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III CHRISTCENTERED KINGSHIP | 42 |
IV LAWCENTERED KINGSHIP | 87 |
CORPUS MYSTICUM | 193 |
VI ON CONTINUITY AND CORPORATIONS | 273 |
VII THE KING NEVER DIES | 314 |
DANTE | 451 |
IX EPILOGUE | 496 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 507 |
ILLUSTRATIONS | 513 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY and INDEX | 515 |
ADDENDA | 568 |
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The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz Pré-visualização limitada - 1997 |
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